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Essential reading for cyclists

Courtesy of the European Economic and Social Committee.

European Voice

7/14/10, 9:00 PM CET

Updated 4/23/14, 9:04 PM CET

Your “Bridge of sighs” article (8-14 July) about the Tour de France passing in front of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) kindly mentioned the EESC’s recently updated “European Cycling Lexicon”.

Readers might like to know that they can download it on the EESC’s website or receive a free printed version by writing to ten@eesc.europa.eu.

The lexicon is a passport-sized booklet, containing important terms for cyclists in 27 languages. It also contains statistics and details of EU funding related to cycling. The aim is to:

help cyclists abroad to communicate in bicycle shops, railway stations and hotels;

raise awareness of the benefits of cycling;

raise awareness of infrastructure that facilitates cycling; and

to make the point that cycling policy is not only a local, but also a European issue.

Let us hope that soon we will see more bicycles on rue Belliard – and not only when the Tour de France happens to be in town.